suspect charged with simple battery

ABOVE VIDEO: Police have released surveillance video of a fourth grade teacher kissing one of his young students. Brian Kornbluth was arrested on battery charges back in February for the incident. The 28-year-old taught at a charter school in Boca Raton, Fla., when cops say the principal had a surveillance camera in the classroom positioned to face Kornbluth’s desk after another teacher reported he was acting suspiciously. (Inside Edition video)

BOCA RATON, FLORIDA (WSVN) – Video has been released of a fourth-grade teacher kissing a male student on the mouth.

Twenty-nine-year-old Brian Kornbluth pleaded guilty on May 16 to kissing the 10-year-old boy in his classroom at Somerset Academy charter school in Boca Raton.

Surveillance video from Feb. 9 released earlier this week showed the teacher at his desk hugging and then kissing the boy on the lips.

The student initially denied the exchange. The boy’s sister said Kornbluth offered them gummy bears in exchange for kisses.

According to his attorney, Kornbluth and the boy’s family had a relationship. His attorney said Kornbluth cared for the two children for more than a year. She said her client would never inappropriately do anything to harm the children.